Alex & Siwa

Alright, here i am again,
just came from the hospital. finally got an injection against my pain in my knee and calf.
What happened ? ..... It all started on the journey to cairo... i kinda twisted my kneejoint.
It was pretty painful but the pain faded away... at least i thought so... on the trip to Siwa which was like 9h mz leg started swelling and got pretty painful again. Diagnosis : Myositis ...

Well i hope & guess i\ll be fine soon. Really want to take part in the trip to Luxor and Assuan next Weekend.

So back to Alexandria and Luxor.
The first 5 pictures are taken in Alex. It very beautiful and the climate much comfortable since its located at the mediteranien sea. our hotel was directly at the coast .. picture number 4 was taken right from our hotel room. It was an amazing view... the picture doesn=t even tell half of the beauty . So after a long journey to Siwa i had to stay in the hotel cuz my leg was pretty swollen. The next day we made the Safari. We went to some cold & hot springs in the middle of the desert (look at the pictures). And ya we had a full night in the desert... it was really fun and the first time i was glad a had warm clothes with me :)

Ok the next day we wanted to leave from Siwa at around 3 but if something is planned here in egypt u can be sure it will take at least 1-2 hours longer than calculated. So we left quite late and in the middle of the desert our Bus broke down. So we had to wait until another bus arrived .... and ya .... it took a long time ..... it felt like 10 hours eventhough it was probably only 2.

We finally arrived in alexandria at around 3 or 4 o clock at night ... dont really remember i was way to tired.... actually it was planned that we arrive during the evening the day before ... so everbody was extremly exhausted ... and we still had our trip back to Mansoura... well we took a cab the driver stopped in the midle of nowhere 4 a prayer. so we finally arrived in Mansoura the next morning at around 8.... for a 4 hour taxi drive we payed 2 euros each ... so 10 euros :D

Well that enough for now ... here some short description to the pictures


picture 1) at a castle in Alex
2) one of our contact persons - Amr ... aka Arm
3) library of alexandria
4) view out of our hotel room
5) a lighthouse and a bridge close to another castle in alex
6) at a mc donalds ,on our way to Siwa , just WOW
7) a donkey taxi in Siwa
8) me in the desert
9) the desert :)
10) at a cold spring in the middle of the desert,
11-14) at a warm spring in the middle of the desert
15) the desert with the cold spring in the background
16-18) desert
19) another warm spring in Siwa

Chris